“The Benchwarmer” Reviews by Professional Movie Reviewers: “…the best jokes are in the trailer, and the rest involve nose picking, vomiting, spitting and farting.” -E! Online “…not terrible, not terrible at all.” -James Parker, Boston Globe “…pitiful excuse for a movie…” -Lou Lumenick, New York Post “…a movie with a nice number of laughs and an encouraging message.” -Pete […]
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A recent article on BBC News reports that scientists have developed a method of creating “super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans”. Beans are a cheap and key source of nutrition especially in the developing world, but many people are thought to be put off by anti-social side-effects. That puts a funny/tragic picture in my mind of one […]
I read in a Slashdot article yesterday that Apple has patented the concept of a display that is capable of taking pictures as well as displaying them. The clever idea is to insert thousands of microscopic image sensors in-between the liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Each sensor captures its own small image, but […]
Weddings are seriously expensive. You could always go to Vegas, but even that involves airfare. Besides I always thought that was kind of cheating. Here are some ways you could save money:
A thread over at Ask MetaFilter is enlightening folks on current slang. As a Gen-Xer, I usually find myself pseudo-ironically using “rad” or “awesome” whenever I think something is totally killer. When a friend asked what word college students use now-a-days, I had to admit that I’m officially an out of touch old fogey. I […]
In the break room at work yesterday someone had laid out some movie coupons. Good for three days only, the coupons could be used to see a movie at any Marcus theater for only $3.00. This is an interesting marketing technique by theaters to get movie patrons to come back – as long as they […]
Netflix has recently undergone a website redesign, adding some functional and aesthetic changes. Among them, an annoying AJAXy way of adding movies to your queue, improved “friends” functionality, and better integration for buying DVD’s. I’m not sure if you could do this before, but now I’ve been shown you can see the top 25 movies […]
Zervas emails to point out an interesting list of facts about Queen Elizabeth. The Queen turned 80 on April 21st. Interesting things pertaining to Queen Elizabeth: A statute from 1324, at the time of the reign of King Edward II, states that: “Also the King shall have … whales and sturgeons taken in the sea […]
The Hybrid Accord is in danger of being pulled from the Honda lineup since customers are not impressed with what little the car has to offer. The hybrid boasts MPG ratings of 25/34, nearly identical to the automatic version at 24/34 and actually less than the manual transmission model at 26/34. But but but, the […]
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